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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ZHONG LUN MERGER CONTROL LEGAL UPDATE (12 JUNE 2012) MOFCOM AMENDED MERGER NOTIFICATION FORM ? ? ? For? further? inquiry,? please? contact:? John? Jiang? at? johnjiang@,? Scott? Yu? at? scottyu@,? Rachel? Li? at? lirui@,? or? Frank? Jiang? at? jianghuikuang@.? ? About? Zhong? Lun:? Ranked? Band? 1? in? Corporate/MA? and? Antitrust/Competition?(Chambers?Asia?2011/2012),?with?over?700?legal?professionals?strategically? located? in? 9? offices,? Zhong? Lun? has? one? of? the? largest? and?most? experienced? PRC? competition? teams?with?7?partners?supported?by?more?than?20?associates.?The?team?has?completed?more?than? 40?PRC?merger?filings.? ? MOFCOM AMENDED MERGER NOTIFICATION FORM (effective as of 7 July 2012) Highlights MOFCOM’s effort to further standardize notification content/format with the aim of reducing supplemental information requests before case docketing Encompass wide scope of information and require detailed competition analysis (containing 50 endnotes) Pure Holdco/SPV not proper notifying party (Endnote 3) If certainty of the transaction can be ensured, other documents (such as framework agreement, tender documents) may be submitted in lieu of executed definitive transaction documents (Endnote 23) Concept of “neighboring market” is clarified (Endnote 37) Explicitly mandate the use of HHI/CRn in competition analysis (Endnote 39) Implicitly request information on ongoing global antitrust investigation (Endnote 46) Explicitly mandate the disclosure of other outstanding regulatory non-compliances (such as establishment, operating, foreign investment, industrial policy) (Endnote 49) ZHONG LUN MERGER CONTROL LEGAL UPDATE (12 JUNE 2012) MOFCOM AMENDED MERGER NOTIFICATION FORM 1 / 24 Unofficial (preliminary) English translation prepared by John Jiang and Scott Yu with assistance of Zhong Lun Law Firm’s antitrust and com